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Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024

Section 12 – Dams and reservoirs

30.Section 12 specifies the circumstances when development relating to dams and reservoirs will be a Significant Infrastructure Project. These are:

  • the construction of a dam or reservoir in Wales if the volume of water to be held back by the dam or stored in the reservoir is expected to exceed 10 million cubic metres;

  • the alteration of a dam or reservoir in Wales if the additional volume of water to be held back by the dam or stored in the reservoir as a result of the alteration is expected to exceed 10 million cubic metres.

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